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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. As he is about to rob the train on Independence Hill, who does Jesse introduce himself to?
2. How old is Wood when he is first introduced?
3. How old is Charley when he is first introduced into the novel?
4. Why does Jesse keep Bob around even though he sends the rest of the gang away in Chapter 3?
5. What does Zee tell Jesse she wants to know about how he earns a living?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Bob tell Wood as he lay dying?
2. Who is Cole Younger?
3. How does Jesse respond to the news that his sister is set to marry Allen Parmer?
4. Why do other gang members tease Bob when they are all sent away -- except for him -- at the beginning of Chapter 3?
5. What happens to the Younger gang after the robbery of the First National Bank of Northfield?
6. How is Wood described when he is first introduced into the novel?
7. What does Bob report he and Jesse talked about as the two men are getting to know each other?
8. Who do Union soldiers try to beat information out of during the Civil War?
9. What happens to the children that Annie and Zee give birth to around the same time?
10. What "gift" does Jesse give Chappy Foote as he is leaving the train after robbing it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze at least 3 literary techniques Hansen uses to make one character of your choosing from "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" very likable OR very unlikable to the reader.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze at least 3 different literary techniques Hansen uses to create tension in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss at least 3 ways that the violence and/or robbery scenes in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" are gratuitously violent and why such violence takes away from the plot and/or rest of the text.
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